ALS breakthroughs thanks to Ice Bucket Challenge
A social media fundraising effort is to thank for major breakthroughs in the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, say researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the US.
(AFP) A social media fundraising effort is to thank for major breakthroughs in the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), say researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the US.
Led by Professor Philip Wong who, like 17 million other people, doused himself with a bucked of ice cold water, filmed it and posted it on social media to help raise what would ultimately be more than $220 million, the team says their research has advanced.
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